Besides LED daytime running lights, the Sportage features what Kia calls headlamp escort, otherwise known as get-me-home lighting, whereby the headlamps remain turned on for 30 seconds after the engine has been turned off. In terms of safety, the …

Why is the streetcar so damn slow? A new study by Toronto transportation services on the 504 King line has an answer -- one that might be a little surprising. Although traffic and bunching play their part, an efficiency report on the 504 line suggests that ...

All-You-Can-Eat Crab Legs Are Probably Not Worth 3 Months Of House Arrest

As we’ve already seen, disputes over the exact meaning of the phrase “all you can eat” have led to protests and lawsuits ... admittedly took all eight remaining crab legs from the buffet while people were in line behind him.

The site also takes eggnog to task (350 calories in a small serving), as well as crab cakes, gin and tonics, and a popular choice for a holiday buffet, hot spinach and artichoke dip. Better foods include light beers, Champagne, melon balls wrapped in ...

From at-Largely (Larisa Alexandrovna): “Mike Connell set-up the alternate email and communications system for the White House. He was responsible for creating the system that hosted the infamous GWB43.com accounts that Karl Rove and others used.

Mark Frauenfelder •
Boing Boing (blog) •
9 years ago

http://boingboing.net/2008/12/20/man-who-set-up-alter.html

'Hunger Games' fans tweet displeasure over black actors

You can't please everyone when adapting a book for the big screen, especially one as beloved as "The Hunger Games," but director Gary Ross and the casting team likely weren't anticipating this. According to Jezebel, there appears to be a group of fans …

I already have a really big backlog. Up first: misspelled tattoos. The “CHITONW” tattoo got a bunch of press a few months ago—it was so outrageously bad that afterward a bunch of people got it on purpose in ironic solidarity. What else has been ...

Israel isn’t good for the Jews anymore. That’s the news from New York ... understood to have hijacked Jewishness and taken it to a dark ugly place. And their cake is cooked; Israel has produced “apartheid on steroids,” as a Jewish leader in ...

mondoweiss.net •
7 years ago

http://mondoweiss.net/2011/12/israel-isnt-good-for-the-jews-anymore

Bárðarbunga: On Hot Tubs and Ice (updated x1)

Yesterday, Sigmundur Davíð, head of one our conservative parties and current Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, flew over the eruption on Holuhraun. As a professional courtesy, the volcano did not cause any mishaps for his flight. Rather, the trip ...